Ornamented article and method of making the same



Jan. 5, 1937. s. M. sTRAus 2,066,747

ORNAMENTED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Oct. 26, 1935 %6 M INVENTOR. BY W W ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 1937 Parent or ies ORNAMENTED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Sylvan M. Straus, Gloversville, N. Y.

Application October 26, 1935, Serial No. 46,905

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and improved ornamented article of manufacture; and to a new and improved method of making the same.

One of the objectsof my invention is to decorate various articles of manufacture, such as gloves, handbags, shoes and the like, it being understood that the invention is not limited to the decoration of any particular material or of any particular article of manufacture.

Another object of my invention is to provide an ornamented article having an imitation button effect.

Another object of my invention is to provide a very simple and efficient method for producing said imitation button effect, whereby it is unnecessary to perforate the material which is being decorated.

While the drawing illustrates the invention as being applied to gloves, this is merely for purposes of illustration.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and drawing, which illustrates preferred embodiments thereof, it being understood that the above statements of the objects of my invention are intended to generally explain the same without limiting it in any manner.

Fig. 1 is a perspective View showing the in vention applied to a glove.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a different embodiment of the invention, as applied to a glove.

Fig. 3 shows how a supplemental member is cemented or otherwise connected to one face of a sheet of material which is to be decorated. In this view, part of the representation of the supplemental member has been cut away, in order to illustrate the assembly more clearly.

Fig. 4 is a partial top plan View of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1, showing the button effect in greater detail.

Fig. 5 is a partial top plan view of the embodiment shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6B of Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail bottom plan view illustrating the stitch which is used in securing the imitation button effect.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 88 of Fig. 5.

Referring to Fig. 3, this shows a piece of material I0, which is to be decorated. Said material may be leather, a woven or knitted fabric or the like.

A supplemental member I3, which may be made (Ola-278) of felt, or any other suitable material, is connected to the inner side of the material I Q, by

means of an adhesive I 4, or in any other suitable manner. The supplemental member I3 is preferably flexible or bendable, but it may be made of rigid material if desired, and I do not wish to be limited to any particular material for making the supplemental member I3.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 4, a series of separated supplemental members I3 are thus connected to the inner side of the material I 9. It is not absolutely necessary in all cases to connect the supplemental members I3 to the member Ill, by means of adhesive or the like, but this is preferred, as this connection facilitates the stitching operation which is used for completing the imitation button effect.

As shown in detail in Figs. 6 and '7, I prefer to use a lock stitch. This stitch may be made by any suitable machine or by hand. If the stitch is made by means of a machine, I prefer to employ a needle thread I5, which is of any ordinary type, such as cotton or silk or the like. This needle thread I5 is relatively non-stretchable, save to the extent that ordinary sewing thread is stretchable to a certain extent.

The supplemental or bobbin thread I6, is elastic. The bobbin thread I6 may be made of elastic rubber, or it may be made of covered rubber thread, of the familiar type known as lastex. This type of thread consists of an elastic rubber core, which is covered with one or more helical windings of cotton yarn, silk yarn or the like. This type of thread is very stretchable and elastie, and it can be made quite thin.- The bobbin thread I 6 is preferably maintained under tension, while it is being laid around the periphery of the supplemental member I3. The bobbin thread I6 is maintained in its tensed condition, by means of the needle thread I5.

Fig. '7 shows how the bobbin thread I 6 is passed through the needle loops I5a of the needle thread I5. These needle threads I5a, engage the elastic thread I6 with sufficient frictional hold, so as to maintain the material II] in gathered form around the edge of the supplemental member I3. Hence, in the final article, the thread I6 may be under little or no tension, or it may be under tension and to any desired extent.

The result of the use of the elastic thread, is to pucker or gather the flexible material ID, as illustrated in Fig. 6. A cup-shaped recess I1 is thus formed in the fabric, and the supplemental member I 3, which has some resilience or springiness, is bent so that its original flat disc shape is changed into a curved or arch shape. The member 13 preferably has sufficient resilience, so that it tightly abuts the inclined side walls of the recess IT, as shown in Fig. 6.

The result is to produce an imitation button effect, at separated points of the material I0, as illustrated in Fig. 4. I do not wish to be limited to any particular shape of the supplemental members I3, because they could be elliptical or have any desired shape. Neither do I wish to be limited to the particular type of stitch which is disclosed herein, as the preferred embodiment.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 2, 5, and 8, the same method is essentially used, save that the stitch is continued along straight lines between the separated supplemental members l3, so as to form gathers or pleats l8 in the fabric, between the covered supplemental members I3.

I have described preferred embodiments of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions could be made without departing from its spirit. The drawing is substantially to scale.

The glove is designated by the reference letter G.

The claims for the article of manufacture are not to be limited to any particular method of manufacture.

If the supplemental member or insert is rigid, it fills the recess in the flexible base material. Said base material is so thin and flexible that it does not have a predetermined or normal shape. Hence the material which I prefer to employ cannot be embossed so as to provide recesses of permanent shape, due to the stiffness of the material.

I do not wish to be limited to the use of stitches for gathering the material i0 so as to maintain it in recessed shape. The thread I6 could be secured to the material ID by means of an adhesive. Likewise, the use of an elastic thread is convenient for automatically gathering the material at the base of the recess, but said material could be gathered or pleated so as to form the recess in any manner, and non-elastic material I6 could then be applied for holding the material in recessed form.

If desired, the elastic thread l6 could be connected to the fabric so as to gather the material. The insert or supplemental member I 3 could then be forced through the closed annulus of thread l6, into the position shown in Fig. 6. Hence the order of the steps of the method can be varied. The thread l6 may form a substantially closed annulus, but I do not wish to be limited to a closed loop or annulus of thread [6.

I claim:

1. An ornamental flexible material having a recess, a bendable member located within said recess and partially filling said recess, said bendable member abutting the inner wall and the side walls of said recess, and means for maintaining said flexible material in the recessed shape, said means comprising an elastic thread which is connected to said material at the base of said recess.

2. An ornamental flexible material having a recess, a bendable member located within said recess and partially filling said recess, said bendable member abutting the inner wall and the side walls of said recess, and means for maintaining the flexible material in the recessed shape, said means comprising an elastic thread which is connected at spaced points to said material at the base of said recess, said elastic thread being connected to said fabric by means of spaced thread loops which are located at the inner face of the ornamented material, said loops being connected at the fair side of the ornamented material.

3. A method of producing an imitation button effect in flexible material, which consists in applying a supplemental member to one face of said material, and applying an elastic thread which is maintained under tension to said material around the periphery of said supplemental member, so as to form a recess in said material in which said supplemental member is held.

SYLVAN M. STRAUS. 

